Registration legislation

In all 10 countries, licensing of manufacturing, product assessment and registration, GMP inspection, import controls and control of product quality are determined by legislation. Licensing of importation and wholesale trade is not required in Cuba and Cypms, however. In Zimbabwe, a licence is required for wholesale trade. 

Zimbabwe has mles regarding the practice of traditional medicine, but not for registration of traditional medicinal products. In future, however, the Medicines control agency can be expected to exert some control over this category of product. In Cypms, there are no legislative provisions for herbal, dietary or homeopathic medicines, but some herbal medicines are registered as allopathic medicines. 

And third, REACH (regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), the European new chemicals legislation, has interrelation to the waste sector and therefore to the project. 

In considering pesticide residues, it was clearly shown that crops from organic production systems contain no or significantly lower levels of pesticide residues than crops from conventional systems (Baker et al., 2002). However, while some scientists are concerned about the potential health impacts from such residues (Porter et al., 1999 Benbrook, 2002), pesticide legislators maintain that current pesticide risk assessments and pesticide registration procedures are adequate and that residues below the current legal limits can not have a negative health impact in humans (e.g. PSD, 2006). 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 13 285, 327 16 52 18 525, 537 21 568, 591. See also FIFRA amendments registration and reregistration of pesticides under, 18 536, 544 Federal legislation, related to movement of hazardous materials, 25 337-338 Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), 25 332... 

Netherlands and in France. By mid 1997, most azo pigments, due to their very low solubility, had been exempted [9]. The legislative requirements have been discussed [10]. A voluntary registration scheme for harmless dyestuffs is available and makes use of the Internet [11]. 

The ECA will establish and maintain a publicly-accessible database of registered substances, with a short profile of hazardous properties, labelling and what other EU legislation applies to them. The registrant can claim most information confidential (Table 21). 

The effect of European REACH legislation, which will cover all chemicals used in the European countries, on the paint industry is discussed and proposals made for a possible solution. REACH is the abbreviation for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals. A case study involving vehicle refinish paints is described. Recommendations made by the industry for an improved REACH are considered. 

This presentation discusses current EU chemical legislation and examines the shortcomings of some of the regulations in place with respect to dangerous chemicals. The Commission White Paper is discussed, and in particular, the REACH system which involves the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals used in food-contact applications. The impact of the REACH system on food-contact plastic manufacturers is examined, with respect to suppliers of monomers and additives, plastic manufacturers, converters and packagers. 

Japan, South Korea and China, today the countries with the most extensive new ship building industry, have not yet implemented registration schemes for AF products but legislative initiatives are on the way and the coming into force of legislation analogous with e.g. the European BPD is envisaged within near future. 

REACH. In 2003 the EU Commission proposed a new chemicals policy -REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals). The biocides used in AF products are still registered through the BPD, but the other paint constituents as with all other chemical constituents produced or imported > 1 ton/year on the European market will need to be partly or fully risk assessed under REACH. The legislation is expected to enter into force in 2007 (EU, 2003b). 

This directive is concerned with the authorisation and the placing on the market of biocidal products. It attempts to establish a list of active substances that may be used in biocidal products within the EC. In order to assess which substances should be included in the list, a system of registration, authorisation and periodic evaluation is legislated with this Directive. Once approved, active substances will be incorporated into Annex I of the directive. The system of registration is created for active substances, which pose a low riskfor humans, animals and the environment and will be incorporated in Annex lA. In Annex I B so called basic substances such as are listed. For products of higher concern, usually not an active substance, an authorisation system is established, that includes the formulation of dossiers on these products which need to be submitted to the respective national authority. In Annex I B... 

REACH is an acronym comprising the most important elements of the new chemicals legislation at EU level Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals, cf http //europa.eu.int/comm/enterpiise/chemicals/chempol/whitepaper/reach.htm Cf Grupp et al 2002, Dominguez-Lacasa et al 2003... 

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